Non Fiction Reading Response 11/10/14

In the article “First Cases of Chikungunya Acquired in U.S.” By Lila Gutterman, the author wants you to know that there is a new virus spreading in mosquitoes that people have gotten without travelling to Africa, Asia, or Europe (where Chikungunya originated). A line in the article that made me think was in the 3rd paragraph where it says “the two species of mosquito that most often carry the virus, Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus, live in a broad swath in the United States.” This line made me think about how one day there could be an outbreak on a very large scale.

    The word “debilitating” made me think about how it must be horrible for people not to be able to be able to move at all. The description of the symptoms of Chikungunya made me feel bad for the people who get it because they would be bored all day and in an immense amount of pain and they also would not be able to go to work and get paid. Some textual evidence that supports the claim is in the 1st paragraph where it says “this is the first time people in the continental United States have acquired the virus without traveling outside the country.”

    This virus made me think deeper about humanity because more and more viruses and diseases are popping up here and there throughout the world. For example, things such as Ebola and Chikungunya are becoming bigger and bigger every single day